Manuscripts
Letters from Italy in the years 1754-1755; memoirs of the Florentine state, 1200-1573
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Series 2: Volumes, (1848-1924)
Manuscripts
The three volumes are arranged chronologically and alphabetically by author. There are three volumes in this series are family related and include the very rare volume of Looe and Eliza Baker's letters compiled by Kate Stuart Lowry using the letters and other material in this collection. The three volumes are somewhat fragile, with damaged spines.
mssBakerL
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John Warly notebooks
Manuscripts
Two manuscript volumes attributed to Reverend John Warly; included are biblical passages, sermon notes, and commentaries on spiritual matters and political subjects including the English Civil War. Entries are in secretary hand, primarily in English with a small amount of Greek. The volumes are signed by Lee Warly, a descendant of John Warly; both volumes are written in two directions with the text beginning at one cover then turned over and beginning again (tête-bêche style). The volumes have worn leather covers and fragile spines, HM 83773 is especially fragile with the spine mostly lacking and the pages loose; the volumes are housed in one box for preservation purposes.
mssHM 83773-83774
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The medical support of air warfare: report no. 35, (bulk 1941-1945)
Manuscripts
Report No. 35 is a study of the employment and effectiveness of the medical support of air warfare in the south and southwest Pacific (1941, Dec. 7 - 1945, Aug. 15). It is comprised of four volumes (approximately 1,300 pages). Only 7 copies of the report were prepared - this may be the only surviving copy. It is copy No. 7. The volumes are in fragile condition; covers and spines coming loose.
mssHM 80290 (a-d)
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Notes taken by an American student on Ferdinand Jacob Redtenbacher's lectures on construction of machinery
Manuscripts
Two manuscript volumes of lecture notes written by an unidentified American student (possibly with the initials "C.H."); written in a legible hand with numerous diagrams and illustrations in the text. The lectures were held at the Polytechnikum Karlsruhe in Germany (now the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe). Volume 1, dated 1861-1864, contains lecture notes on the construction of machinery and is followed by the printed text of Tafeln zu Dr. Redtenbacher's Vortragen uber Maschinenbau in 13 nach dem Vortrag folgenden Lieferungen, 1862. Volume 2, dated 1862-1863, contains notes from the lectures of Reinhard Baumeister, Franz Keller and Hermann Sternberg; the lectures cover such subjects as bridges, cofferdams, practical arched construction, the Mt. Cenis tunnel, water works, and the process of tendering. Both volumes are damaged, with missing spines, though a portion of the spine from Volume 2 has been preserved.
mssHM 83387 (Vols. 1-2)
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Traité des matières colorantes
Manuscripts
An extensively annotated extra-illustrated work in two volumes: a chemist's working copy of a significant treatise on the development of chemical procedures of dyeing textiles. Volume 1 contains 544 pages with 39 textile samples; volume 2 contains 646 pages with one folded engraving, illustrations, and 34 textile samples. Both volumes contain annotations on separate sheets, with some intertextual annotations as well. In addition, there are twelve cloth samples of indigo dyeing, with detailed manuscript notes on the samples, which are unique to this copy of the work by Schützenberger. The volumes are bound with contemporary calf spines, marbled paper boards; there is some foxing and slight staining on a small number of pages.
mssHM 84114